INFORMATION CARRIED
BY LIGHT AND FIELDS
rather than background noise?
Core Idea: Endogenous light emissions are more than mere byproducts of metabolic function —they carry structure, and with it, the potential to store, transmit, and reframe biological meaning.
We explore how cells use photons to communicate across scales—from single-cell responses to tissue-wide coordination. Our work focuses on measuring and interpreting the information-content of endogenous light signals (e.g., ultraweak photon emissions) from brains, tumours, and other tissues.
Key Directions:
• Photoencephalography (PeG): Capturing cognitive state through ultraweak photon emissions (UPEs), revealing real-time optical signatures of neural activity.
• Optical nerve guides: Identifying light-transmitting properties of nerve fibers and designing biomaterial-based analogues for commercial applications.
• Optical biomarkers of disease: Detecting abnormal UPE signatures associated with pathophysiological processes underlying disease states.
Core Idea: Living tissues are, at the most fundamental level, an expression of physical laws and principles at a macroscopic scale. The physiological rhythms of cell signaling, metabolism, regeneration, and tumorigenesis can be detected non-invasively to further an understanding of biophysics and inspire new diagnostic tools.
We explore how endogenous magnetic fields and electric gradients reflect complex tissue dynamics, cognitive processes, and disease states. Our work focuses on measuring these biophysical signals to predict the states and fates of cells and tissues.
Key Directions:
• Magnetic and electric signaling in stem cell fate: Exploring how endogenous magnetic and electric fields predict and determine lineage specification in stem cells
• Spin-sensitive signaling: Investigating whether quantum spin dynamics contribute to information fidelity in living systems.
